Playable music library building in a streaming media environment

摘要

A method, system, and apparatus of a playable music library building in a streaming media environment are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of a server device includes, creatin a streamable playlist associated with a user, determining that the streamable playlist is associated with an artist, and determining that a central database includes new tracks of the artist, automatically adding the new tracks to the streamable playlist without charging a consideration to the user. The method may include communicating an alert message to the user when the new tracks may be added to the streamable playlist. The method may create a category playlist associated with the user based on a category of a media content. The method may include determining that the central database may include additional tracks in the category. The method may request that the user to add the additional tracks in the category playlist.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
creating, through a server device, a streamable playlist upon user selection of a subscribe indicator presented on a website in association with at least one of an artist, an album, a genre, or a category, the streamable playlist being created using a media content stored in a content database of a central server, and the streamable playlist being associated with a user of a client device coupled to the server device through a network; determining, through the server device, that an artist is part of the streamable playlist; automatically adding, through the server device, at least one of: (i) information of a new track of the artist or (ii) the new track, to the streamable playlist associated with the user of the client device upon availability of the new track in the content database, without requiring the user to specifically subscribe to the automatic adding of information or a new track and without a requirement of setting at least one condition and at least one filter criteria with regard to the streamable playlist, the content database having a plurality of media content associated with different artists including the artist that is part of the streamable playlist stored therein; and streaming the media content included in the streamable playlist directly from the central server without a requirement of the user to access the media content through the client device associated therewith.